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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>EZEKIEL</span>
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CHAPTER 24
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The irrevocable judgment of Jerusalem is foretold—As a sign to the Jews, Ezekiel does not weep at his wife’s death.
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Again</span> in the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/24/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 25: 1; Jer. 39: 1; Jer. 52: 4; Ezek. 1: 2; Ezek. 33: 21.">ninth</a> year, in the tenth month, in the tenth <i>day</i> of the month, the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> came unto me, saying,
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Son of man, write thee the name of the day, <i>even</i> of this same day: the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/24/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 39: 1.">king</a> of <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/24/2b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Ne. 10: 3.">Babylon</a> set himself against Jerusalem this same day.
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And utter a parable unto the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/24/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 44: 6 (6-7).">rebellious</a> house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>; Set on a <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/24/3b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jer. 1: 13 (13-14).">pot</a>, set <i>it</i> on, and also pour water into it:
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Gather the pieces thereof into it, <i>even</i> every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill <i>it</i> with the choice bones.
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Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, <i>and</i> make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.
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&#182; Wherefore thus saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>; Woe to the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/24/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Blood, Shedding of.">bloody</a> city, to the pot whose scum <i>is</i> therein, and whose <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/24/6b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR refuse, or filth.">scum</a> is not gone out of it!  bring it out piece by piece; <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/24/6c" mark="c" type="D" title="IE let none of the pieces be selected for consecration.">let</a> no lot fall upon it.
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For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/24/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Lev. 17: 13.">cover</a> it with dust;
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That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
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Therefore thus saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>; Woe to the bloody city!  I will even make the pile for fire great.
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Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
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Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and <i>that</i> the filthiness of it may be molten in it, <i>that</i> the scum of it may be consumed.
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She hath wearied <i>herself</i> with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum <i>shall be</i> in the fire.
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In thy <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/24/13a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Filthiness.">filthiness</a> <i>is</i> lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/24/13b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jer. 13: 27; D&C 128: 24.">purged</a> from thy filthiness any more, till <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/24/13c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ezek. 5: 13.">I</a> have caused my fury to rest upon thee.
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I the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> have spoken <i>it:</i> it shall come to pass, and I will <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/24/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 9: 17.">do</a> <i>it;</i> I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>.
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&#182; Also the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> came unto me, saying,
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Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
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Forbear to cry, make no <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/24/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 16: 5 (5, 7).">mourning</a> for the dead, bind the <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/24/17b" mark="b" type="Q" title="HEB headdress (turban); Ex. 33: 4.">tire</a> of thine <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/24/17c" mark="c" type="A" title="Lev. 10: 6.">head</a> upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and <sup>d</sup><a href="ezek/24/17d" mark="d" type="A" title="Lev. 13: 45.">cover</a> not <i>thy</i> lips, and eat not the bread of men.
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So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
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&#182; And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/24/19a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 12: 9; Ezek. 37: 18.">what</a> these <i>things are</i> to us, that thou doest <i>so?</i>
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Then I answered them, The word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> came unto me, saying,
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Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>; Behold, I will profane my <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/24/21a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 7: 14; Ezek. 7: 22 (21-22).">sanctuary</a>, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/24/21b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 103: 13.">pitieth</a>; and your <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/24/21c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ezek. 23: 47.">sons</a> and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.
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And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover <i>your</i> lips, nor eat the bread of men.
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And your tires <i>shall be</i> upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/24/23a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mosiah 7: 24; Hel. 9: 22.">mourn</a> one toward another.
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Thus Ezekiel is unto you a <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/24/24a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 12: 6.">sign</a>: according to all that he hath <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/24/24b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 12: 11.">done</a> shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I <i>am</i> the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>.
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Also, thou son of man, <i>shall it</i> not <i>be</i> in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,
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<i>That</i> he that <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/24/26a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 33: 21 (21-22).">escapeth</a> in that day shall come unto thee, to cause <i>thee</i> to hear <i>it</i> with <i>thine</i> ears?
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In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/24/27a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 3: 26 (26-27); Ezek. 33: 22.">dumb</a>: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I <i>am</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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